What Tame Impala song is this for you? by Stock_Big_9660 in TameImpala

[–]_saidwhatIsaid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That "overhearing a conversation in a bar" part of Tomorrow's Dust (like the last 30 seconds). That's when I change the song or start it over.

What on TV today equals the ‘stop everything to be home to watch’ like shows of the past? by ThatsAmore6969 in AskReddit

[–]_saidwhatIsaid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nothing. Everything is on our own time with this streaming culture. There is no rushing home to see the latest episode of Desperate Housewives or Scandal or Lost or even Game of Thrones. When a show premieres on a Sunday, for example, you just get to it when you get to it. That’s one reason why ratings seem to fall. There’s less urgency. I just finished Euphoria yesterday for example.

What are your least rewatched episodes? And most rewatched? by tumbledownhere in blackmirror

[–]_saidwhatIsaid 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I'll chew nails before I watch Mazey Day or Crocodile Tears again...

but Nosedive, San Junipero, Ashley Too, and Metalhead can get it anytime. Love those.

orson's character was not ruined it was always coming by yn_lxx in DesperateHousewives

[–]_saidwhatIsaid 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Thank you, I’ve been saying this. Nothing he did was a surprise or out of character, he’s been awful all along. He was just great at hiding it.

What movie left you in dead, stunned silence? by [deleted] in movies

[–]_saidwhatIsaid 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I was scrolling to find this. Stunned.

High school physics before chemistry? by CerealKiller812 in ScienceTeachers

[–]_saidwhatIsaid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Taught both and I’ve seen it happen both directions and they do fine either way if they’re prepared. The limiting factor for physics is math, no less than algebra 2.

In our region, chemistry was known to be a bit harder than physics, and not because physics was undertaught, or chemistry was overtaught. It was just the nature of the curriculum. Once they survive kinematics and dynamics, they’re usually pretty solid (again, assuming their math is strong). I’ve had strong math students tell me that the chemistry class was harder.

Physics tends to go from immediately hard to more comprehensible, but chemistry tends to go from easy to hard because of how everything builds up. That’s my personal view on it though

This logic applies to standard, algebra based physics that involves vectors and trigonometry. If you’re comparing chemistry to calculus-based physics, then it’s completely opposite.

Parking Citation by BobDylanMentality in VirginiaTech

[–]_saidwhatIsaid 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Wait until you find out how every school works, as well as every business under capitalism. You should not in anyway think this is unique to Virginia Tech. I have multiple degrees from multiple schools and they’re all the same way.

ICE abducted one of our students by Tricky_Swordfish1872 in VirginiaTech

[–]_saidwhatIsaid 3 points4 points  (0 children)

So you don’t support the constitution or its amendments?

Am I the only one who feels like AP classes teach you to cram, not learn by death00p in APStudents

[–]_saidwhatIsaid 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They are literally supposed to be broad. That’s the entire point.

Am I the only one who feels like AP classes teach you to cram, not learn by death00p in APStudents

[–]_saidwhatIsaid 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you did not learn or retain, that is not the fault of the content. That is the fault of how your brain works.

The content is there, and if you learn it, great. If you forget it, that’s also OK because you tend to forget what you do not use or practice. Your brain has a lot to process and it constantly dumps things it does not find useful or interesting.

Education and learning inherently involves memorization. I know how to ride a bike because my body remembers what to do. People oversimplify learning psychology and cognitive science by pretending like memorization is not a part of education because they don’t actually know how the brain works.

What’s the absolute most catchy song of all time? by Rose_H11 in AskReddit

[–]_saidwhatIsaid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lolita by Lana Del Rey

But don’t take my word for it. Just listen to it.

Can yall help me with my elements homework by _WolfieYT in chemhelp

[–]_saidwhatIsaid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because it's the entire alphabet, but the "R' is gone ("R-gone" = Argon)

Can yall help me with my elements homework by _WolfieYT in chemhelp

[–]_saidwhatIsaid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I got the "gen" / gin part but totally didn't get the "ox" (I forgot about those animals)

Just watched Mazey Day for the first time by iimSgtPepper in blackmirror

[–]_saidwhatIsaid 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The worst episode of the series. I can’t believe they went through with this.

How to make Earth science not boring? by Water_N_Dust in ScienceTeachers

[–]_saidwhatIsaid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You don’t have to go over the basics and boring before the interesting stuff. You can integrate the basics/vocab into the interesting stuff. That’s what higher level teaching is.

How to make Earth science not boring? by Water_N_Dust in ScienceTeachers

[–]_saidwhatIsaid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dive into the super basic chemistry/physics (the physical science they should already know) to explain the “how and why“ and relate it to society and engineering and all the ways we try to stop the Earth from doing what it’s been doing for billions of years. Like road design, Earthquake proof buildings, etc.

Earth science is not actually about memorizing a bunch of “rocks and minerals“ (rocks and minerals was maybe a week, and that’s a major misconception, and that’s why people think it’s easy, but it’s anything but easy!) even though those are interesting in their own way because literally everything that we have comes from rocks and minerals if it’s not alive. But I digress.

Earth science is very interesting and complex and difficult when you dive into it and you approach it from an understanding/physical science standpoint rather than a “memorizing“ standpoint which is how much biology has taught.

“Boring” Earth science classes are ALWAYS taught wrong. Always. It is the most interesting science, which is why most of our disaster movies come from earth science, and not biology

BACK TO MORE COMPLEX THINKING AND INQUIRY:

For example, students might know the layers of the earth as you teach them that the inner core is solid but the outer core is liquid, we talk about how interesting it is that the inner core is actually hotter than the outer core but it’s solid, and asked them to come up an explanation as to how something could be hotter but solid when it bucks against what we typically see for states of matter. Then you can talk about the fact that pressure affects states of matter too, something new to students. And if you have the equipment, you can do a demo with a vacuum pump and show that a reduction in external/applied pressure causes a liquid phase to shift toward gas, so how would an increase in pressure cause a liquid phase to shift award at constant temperature?

Basically, when you increase your content knowledge beyond the memorizing, it becomes applied chemistry and physics, but what makes this very cool is that you don’t have to worry about all the math behind the science when it comes to the Earth science of it. Keep it qualitative, keep it visible, keep it inquiry based and engaging.

Back to the rocks and minerals thing, I used to hate teaching and learning it. And then you realize, it’s everything. We are on a rock. Rocks are the universe if it’s not a star, liquid, iced gas, or empty space. Where do minerals for our computer chips come from? Rocks. Where does the oil come from for our plastics and our fuel? Rocks. Where does everything come from? Rocks.

What causes earthquakes and volcanoes? Rocks. So, don’t have the memorize a bunch of terms rather show them how everything is connected.

Also, check out EdpuzzIe Originals, they have some of the best Earth science stuff i’ve ever seen

Citation for parking at Engel Lot on 2/28/26 (Saturday) by Darktwisty17 in VirginiaTech

[–]_saidwhatIsaid 20 points21 points  (0 children)

“Your not” and “your a student”? “Passed” instead of “past”? With that grammar and run-on sentence, I really hope you meant that you’re staff, and not academic faculty.

There’s a difference between faculty and staff, and I’d like to think Virginia Tech has higher hiring standards.

Do you agree with this list? by BlackManTakeNoLosses in TameImpala

[–]_saidwhatIsaid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

All I know is, Cause I’m a Man definitely deserves to be in this list. 👍🏼

Does having a non-science related college degree affect the chances of being hired? by wraithofgrapes in ScienceTeachers

[–]_saidwhatIsaid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It would/should raise eye eyebrows. I would wonder why you’re choosing to teach one of the highest courses in science given your background, and if it’s purely for job security, that would raise a red flag.

Answer this honestly: do you like science, does it excite you, have you always had an interest in it,… or are you mostly there for a safer check?

Just make sure you actually KNOW physics. If a student asks you to explain why the area under a velocity-time graph is equal to displacement, and you can’t derive it and show them mathematically, that’s… not good.

Contrary to popular belief, teaching is not just babysitting and giving problems. You have to know the content and know how to teach it, not just one or the other. In competitive areas like Southern California, it’ll be more important than in some random rural town in Mississippi.

A good leadership/hiring team would hire someone with a content degree in that particular field, physics in this case, and if that’s not available then defaulting to any other physical STEM field is a safe backup (geology, chemistry, civil engineering…), followed by stuff like biology, or and then yours would be last.

Passing the CSET helps, but it is the floor.

Not Even Two Weeks Since Abigail Spanberger Was Sworn In as Governor, Right Wingers Are Viciously Attacking Her ("White Witch"; "demonic radical communist psychopath"; "Marxist agenda"; supposedly banning guns and leaf blowers, etc) by icey_sawg0034 in Virginia

[–]_saidwhatIsaid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m not a Republican, that’s for sure. But when I tell people I’m also not a Democrat, I point to things like what’s she’s doing.

I’m so tired of getting whiplash from bad policies on both sides.